Dr. Susan Coote:

There are existing teams in CHO 3, comprising Limerick, Clare and north Tipperary, and CHO 1, Donegal. They bring together the expert skills of physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and neuropsychologists, all working together towards the goals of the person. It is very much about setting goals with the person. It might be that somebody wants to be able to walk again in order that he or she can return to work or participation in life, or that somebody has a need for expert skills from occupational therapy to allow him or her to return to work. It is very much based on the needs of the person and he or she will receive this multidisciplinary input for a period of about 12 weeks, working together and following programmes prescribed for each individual by those therapists to enable him or her to meet life goals following a neurological injury or insult.